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There is something special about a good shower. You don't just get clean -- you relax, recover, and renew. Perhaps this is why we love the idea of walks in the rain, or standing under a waterfall. Designers Naser Nasiri and Taher Nasiri have created a shower that they have dubbed Rain Soft. This unique shower allows the user to choose between dancing in the rain and enjoying a warm waterfall.

Now you can build an 18-core Xeon workstation and have it approach the size of a shoebox. ASRock has bravely chosen to cram Intel's X99 chipset and a strong set of features into the ITX form-factor, with its new X99E-ITX/ac motherboard. Some caveats apply, though.

From the First World Problems Solved department (also known as Japan) comes the Wet Tissue Maker tissue box holder. A built-in infrared sensor and concealed water mister ensure you'll never suffer the heartbreak of dry tissues again.

Ever asked yourself how innovation differs from
invention? Well I did, and the answers I found may surprise you! In
search for a clear distinction I came across a large group of
professionals on LinkedIn who have been discussing this paradox for
over 4 years. While it seems that a clear business definition exists,
a holistic version is still up for debate. For a thorough overview of
the 800+ LinkedIn comments courtesy of the headstrong professionals,
follow me through my endeavor to restore a comprehensive perspective in a
very disordered debate.

A team of inventors based in Alameda, CA, are on a mission to provide the world with clean and healthy water. Liquidity Nanotech just launched the Naked Filter on Kickstarter and it’s getting lots of financial backers. The Naked Filter is revolutionary in every sense in that the water you drink is more than effectively filtered.

Mercedes-Benz has announced their intent to bring an MB pickup truck to market by the end of the decade... Bubba will be confused! Images of the proposed F150-fighter are merely artist's renderings at the moment but since non-factory conversions are surprisingly abundant, let's check out 10 of the stranger real imitation Mercedes-Benz pickups.

What if the clothes we wear suddenly had their own personalities instead of reflecting ours? Meet Ruff, the newest 3-D printed responsive collar by Pauline van Dongen, whose inspiration came from the ruffled collars of centuries past.

Two short years ago when Facebook was in a buying frenzy acquiring any new software service with a pulse, it purchased Parse for the paltry sum of $85 million.
This was an historic move as this mobile app development platform has
now officially entered the Facebook into a race for the goose that lays
the golden eggs, namely the Internet of Things (IoT).

Tired of your tweens and teens blowing you off when you call and text them? Put an end to it once and for all with an ingenious app called Ignore No More that ensures your kids will answer your calls and texts.

French automaker Peugeot is debuting textured exterior paint on the new Peugeot 208 supermini due to be introduced in June of 2015. Displaying a finish that's not quite matte and not exactly satin, the textured paint is rough to the touch and tough as they come: Peugeot guarantees the finish for the life of the car.

When you see a bag of Lay's Mango Salsa Flavored Potato Chips you may
think that you've seen just about everything when it comes to chips. But
you may not have seen Glass Potato Chips. While they look like they
might be some glass design concept they are actually made of potatoes --
well, sort of. These chips are more derived from potatoes rather than
made of thinly sliced potatoes.

Japanese Kit Kats are famous – or infamous – for flavors ranging from the sublime to the ridiculous. We'll have to slot the brand new, limited edition, Easter-themed Apple Pie & Carrot flavor firmly in the latter category even though it was the top entry in a public poll. Can you imagine what flavors didn't make the cut?

While its 15.6" touchscreen makes it large for a tablet, Fujitsu's latest Lifebook uses its matching oversized dock, plus some top-secret wireless technology, to attain desktop-class performance. Too bad about the battery life, though.

Two designers, Caterina Moretti and Ana Saldana, at the design firm
Peca in Guadalajara, Mexico, have come up with LAVA, a set of plates
hand carved from volcanic rock. While the style has a decidedly contemporary
look, they are meant to harken back to ancient times when making items
from cooled lava was just a part of life. Back then the results of a
lava flow were used for everything from simple utensils and dishes, to
the heads for arrows and spears.

Two engineers have discovered a unique method in detecting alien spaceships traveling at near light speeds. Sure, interstellar travel may be something out of a sci-fi movie or a book, but Ulvi Yurtsever and Steven Wilkinson at the defense contractor Raytheon in El Segundo, California, indicate that spotting alien ships is easier that we think, thanks to technology of course.

To some people out there the zombie apocalypse is imminent. Others are skeptical but cautious about denying it. To help out all of these people the website ForRent.com recently posted a graphic on their site to give apartment dwellers a quick reference on how to handle such an invasion. This information is also suitable for homeowners.

Losing an umbrella is a fact of life that all of us have experenced at one time or another in our busy lives. Read on for more about how you can make sure you never leave another umbrella behind again!

Ever wanted a dual-screen setup for your workstation, but were put off by the potential of a thick gap between the displays? Well, Philips' Brilliance 19DP6QJNS/27 not only shrinks that gap to just 7mm, but also mounts both displays on a single stand, saving you space on your desk.

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